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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826986803321

Autore

Hirsch Lawrence J

Titolo

Atlas of EEG in critical care [[electronic resource] /] / Lawrence J. Hirsch, Richard P. Brenner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley, c2010

ISBN

1-282-68282-2

9786612682827

0-470-74670-X

0-470-74669-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (348 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BrennerRichard P

Disciplina

616.8/047547

616.8047547

Soggetti

Electroencephalography

Critical care medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Atlas of EEG in Critical Care; Contents; Preface; List of contributors; 1 EEG basics; 2 EEG in encephalopathy; 3 Seizures and status epilepticus; 4 Periodic discharges and other controversial EEG patterns; 5 EEG in cerebrovascular disease; 6 Artifacts that can mimic seizures or other physiologic patterns; 7 Prolonged EEG monitoring and quantitative EEG techniques for detecting seizures and ischemia; 8 Evoked and event-related potentials in the ICU

Appendix ACNS Standardized EEG Research Terminology and Categorization for the investigation of rhythmic and periodic patterns encountered in critically ill patients: March 2009 revisionIndex

Sommario/riassunto

As the population ages, technology improves, intensive care medicine expands and neurocritical care advances, the use of EEG monitoring in the critically ill is becoming increasingly important. This atlas is a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the uses of EEG monitoring in the critical care setting. It includes basic EEG patterns seen in encephalopathy, both specific and non-specific, nonconvulsive seizures, periodic EEG patterns, and controversial patterns on the ictal-interictal continuum.